Parenting Style, Parental Stress, and Mediation of Children’s Media Use

Parental mediation research is based largely in studies of TV mediation, with recent work examining mediation of children's video game and internet use. Few scholars have explored mediation of cell phone use. Some research has examined mediation in the context of parenting styles, but research suggests that parental stress can also influence mediation behaviors. This study extends the findings on TV mediation to cell phones and explores the role of parental stress in mediation. The findings indicate that few factors are associated with both TV and cell phone mediation, and that parental stress plays a significant role in the mediation process.